Object number
66/183
Description
Folding shoe size measuring stick. It is made of boxwood with brass hinges. One side in shoe sizes from one to fourteen.
A folding shoe size measuring stick. It is made of boxwood with brass hinges. One of the jointed pieces is fixed, while the other is moveable along the length of the stick. One side is calibrated in inches to one foot, and the other in shoe sizes from one to fourteen.
Physical description
1 shoe measure: wood, metal
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Accession’ (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Standard museum name: Measure, shoe- size // Accession number: 66/183 // Classification: CRAFTS Leather boots // … // Recorder: DJE // Date: 27.9.79 // Description: Folding measure of boxwood, with two jointed pieces of brass, one fixed and the other movable along the length of the rule. // It is calibrated on both sides: inches up to a foot on one, and shoe sizes from 1–14 on the other. // No makers name. // Dimensions: Length 38.8 cms width: 1.4 cms // Associated information: None particular to this item. // ‘The adjustable foot measurer, used by the boot and shoe maker … was known as a size stick. If it folded flat for carrying in a leather case in the pocket … it was a pocket size stick’ (Pinto) // References: E H Pinto, Treen, p.402’
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